We’re going to share all of the questions that are submitted to us for our candidates series to Catalyst for consideration to be used during the September 18 mayoral debate they are hosting with the League of Women Voters of Greater Birmingham at WorkPlay Theater. If you have not submitted a question us to consider [...]

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This is what you’ll see when you pass by Birmingham City Council President Carole Smitherman’s office in the city center this morning.
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Thanks to Curtis, we have this image of Valerie Abbott signs in transit from earlier today:

We reported earlier today in the second half of this post that representatives from Abbott’s campaign were approaching people at this year’s City Stages music festival.
Abbott would be the fourth candidate to formally announce her intentions to run in this [...]

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This weekend current Birmingham City Councilor and former interim mayor William Bell announced his plans to run for mayor. The announcement was made in the Sunday edition of The Birmingham News.
We reported earlier this month that a website was “parked” by Bell and that signs had already begun appearing throughout the city. As of 9:15 [...]

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Well, it’s starting to look that way. This was one of several signs located at the intersection of 8th Avenue & Arkadelphia Road earlier this afternoon.
The site listed on the sign currently points to an expired domain name that is waiting for renewal or deletion according to GoDaddy.com.
We’ll have to wait and see. But it’s [...]

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Sounds like we’re going to get our second official candidate for mayor tomorrow afternoon. The Birmingham News reported yesterday that Jefferson County Commissioner Larry Langford intends to announce his candidacy for mayor tomorrow morning during the commission’s weekly meeting.
Langford would be the second person to officially announce their intention to run for office. He would [...]

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A post on the Birmingham News’ breaking news blog this morning have some wondering if County Commissioner Larry Langford is planning a run for the mayor’s office here in town.
It’s already beginning to draw responses from the blogosphere as well. Time will reveal the true identities of those [...]

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